Ain't Back Yet Explained

Ain't Back Yet
Cover:aintbackyet.jpg
B-Side:"This Is Our Moment"
Type:single
Artist:Kenny Chesney
Album:Greatest Hits II
Recorded:2009
Genre:Country
Length:
  • (album version)
  • (single edit)
Label:BNA
Producer:
Prev Title:I'm Alive
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:The Boys of Fall
Next Year:2010

"Ain't Back Yet" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. The song is included on a re-issue of Chesney's 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits II,[1] and was released as the album's third and final single in February 2010. The song is also played during the end credits to Chesney's 2010 film Summer in 3D. The song peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Critical reception

The song has received mixed reviews from music critics. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock said that the song "isn't the Buffett-like country tune" but "fits Kenny Chesney like a glove", as it "details quite a bit about what his life has been like since he became that touring musician."[2] Juli Thanki of Engine 145 gave it a "thumbs down", saying that it "sounds like a second rate Jason Aldean song" with an "average vocal performance and bland lyric."[3]

Music video

The accompanying music video for this song was directed by Shaun Silva and Joe Thomas (the director of "Summer In 3D".) It features Chesney performing in concert and shows home videos from his past tours.

Chart performance

On the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of February 27, 2010, the song debuted at number 23, and peaked at number 3 in May 2010. On the Canadian Hot 100 charts for the week of April 3, 2010, the song debuted at number 88.

The song's B-side, "This Is Our Moment", charted for seven weeks on Hot Country Songs, peaking at 46 in early 2010.[4]

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)!scope="col"
Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenny Chesney adds two new tracks to Greatest Hits II. February 10, 2010. CMT. February 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100214120012/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1631675/kenny-chesney-adds-two-new-tracks-to-greatest-hits-ii.jhtml. February 14, 2010 . dead.
  2. Web site: Kenny Chesney – "Ain't Back Yet" . Bjorke . Matt . Roughstock . February 10, 2010 . February 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100216124025/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/kenny-chesney-ain-t-back-yet- . February 16, 2010 .
  3. Web site: Engine 145: Kenny Chesney – "Ain't Back Yet" . December 18, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070740/http://www.engine145.com/kenny-chesney-aint-back-yet/ . December 18, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 80–81. 978-0-89820-229-8.
  5. Web site: Best of 2010: Country Songs . . 2010 . December 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101211104551/http://www.billboard.com/. December 11, 2010 . live.